Question

1. A restaurant chain allows managers to hire and fire servers based on punctuality, performance, and customer-service ratings.  ____________________ enables the manager to do this.  

A. A clan culture

B. Adhocracy culture

C. Horizontal specialization

D. Delegation of authority

2. Starbucks has company-wide HR, finance, and marketing departments. At the same time, employees within these departments are separated into geographical groups with whom they work. This means that, for example, a marketing employee might report to both the company-wide marketing manager as well as the Starbucks manager for their geographical area. This is an example of a ________________ structure.  

A. Functional

B. Divisional

C. Boundaryless

D. Matrix

3. A company groups all of the marketing employees together under one VP of marketing. This is an example of a _____________ structure.  

A. Functional

B. Divisional

C. Matrix

D. Boundaryless

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Delegation of authority enables him to take the decision.

2. It is an example of a matrix structure. It consists of functional and geographical reporting.

3. It is an example of a functional system. People of similar functions are grouped together.